58th National Hockey League All-Star Game - SuperSkills Competition

SuperSkills Competition

The SuperSkills competition began with the Fastest Skater competition, where the competitors skated one lap around the rink. The winner of each round earned a point for their team. The opening round was skated backwards, followed by each team's rookie representative. Then two goaltenders skated off before returning to the traditional form. Following preliminary rounds the two fastest competitors from each team faced off in a final round, where Michael Grabner defeated Taylor Hall earning two points for Team Staal. The Breakaway Challenge featured six players (three from each team) taking four shoot-out attempts. Fans voted for the winner via text message. The winner earned four points for his team. Second place was awarded three points and third received one point. Alexander Ovechkin won by a wide margin defeating second place P.K. Subban by over 17 percentage points, it was the third consecutive win in the competition by Ovechkin. Loui Eriksson finished third to round out the point earners from the competition. The Shooting Accuracy featured two players shooting targets in the four corners of the net. Winners were determined by the fastest player to hit all four targets. Daniel Sedin hit all four targets on four shots in his first round setting the overall fastest time hitting them all in just 7.3 seconds. He followed that up by hitting four in five shots during the final round to defeat the Blackhawks' Patrick Kane.

Following Shooting Accuracy both teams participated in the Skills Challenge Relay. Each team broke into two groups and went through a series of drills designed to showcase players' skills. It started with one timers, then proceeded to passing, where a single player had to complete a pass into six small nets. From there it went to the Puck Control Relay, having a participant skate through a series of cones with a puck. Another player then took on the Stick Handling drill, controlling a puck through a series of stationary pucks. The relay ended when a final player completed the Shooting Accuracy, again hitting all four targets. The two groups from Team Lidstrom finished first and third in the competition, gaining their team a total of five points. During the Hardest Shot competition reigning champion Zdeno Chara was defeated in his preliminary round match up by Shea Weber. In the final round Chara again matched up with Weber. Chara successfully defended his title by defeating Weber with a shot registering 105.9 mph. The speed set a new SuperSkills record surpassing his own record and marking the fourth time he has won the event. Despite being down by a large margin prior to the Elimination Shootout, Team Lidstrom still had an opportunity to win the contest. Players continued to shoot provided they scored – scoring one point per goal, until only one player remained. However, the shoot-out was won by Team Staal's Corey Perry as he was the only player to score in all three of his attempts. The full results are listed below.

Event Winner Result Team Score (TS–TL)
Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater Kris Letang def. Duncan Keith 16.132 sec. to 16.167 sec. Team Staal 1–0
Michael Grabner def. Taylor Hall 14.061 to 14.621 Team Staal 2–0
Cam Ward def. Tim Thomas 18.895 to 19.000 Team Staal 3–0
Martin St. Louis def. Ryan Kesler 14.763 to 14.786 Team Lidstrom 3–1
Steven Stamkos def. Mike Green 14.731 to 15.200 Team Lidstrom 3–2
Matt Duchene def. Marc Staal 14.779 to 15.100 Team Lidstrom 3–3
Final Round
Grabner def. Hall
14.238 to 14.715 Team Staal Round total
5–3
BlackBerry NHL Breakaway Challenge Alexander Ovechkin 38.5% of votes Team Staal 12–4
McDonald's NHL Accuracy Shooting Ryan Kesler def. Brad Richards 9.6 sec. Team Staal 13–4
Logan Couture def. Derek Stepan 12.3 Team Staal 14–4
Jonathan Toews def. Patrick Sharp 8.8 Team Lidstrom 14–5
Rick Nash def. Phil Kessel 17.9 Team Staal 15–5
Patrick Kane def. Eric Staal 8.7 Team Lidstrom 15–6
Daniel Sedin def. Martin Havlat 7.3 Team Staal 16–6
Final Round
D. Sedin def. Kane
8.9 Team Staal Round total
18–6
G-Series NHL Challenge Relay Team Lidstrom Group 1


(Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brad Richards, Loui Eriksson, Henrik Sedin, Martin St. Louis, Matt Duchene, Jonathan Toews)

2:09 min. Team Lidstrom 21–11
XM NHL Hardest Shot Brent Burns def. David Backes 98.4 mph to 96.9 mph Team Lidstrom 21–12
Tyler Seguin def. Cam Fowler 97.1 to 93.8 Team Staal 22–12
Patrick Sharp def. Anze Kopitar 94.6 to 94.5 Team Staal 23–12
Shea Weber def. Zdeno Chara 104.8 to 104.1 Team Lidstrom 23–13
Dustin Byfuglien def. Rick Nash 102.4 to 91.4 Team Lidstrom 23–14
Steven Stamkos def. Alex Ovechkin 101.9 to 98.2 Team Lidstrom 23–15
Final Round
Chara def. Weber
105.9 to 103.4 Team Staal Round total
25–15
Discover NHL Elimination Shootout Corey Perry 3 for 3 Team Staal 33–22
Overall Team Staal 33–22

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